Machine for operating upon boots and shoes.



E. E. WINKLEY. .MACHINE'IOR OPERATING UPON BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLICATION'I'ILED 25.17, 1906.

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E. B. WINKLEY. I 'mcnnm FOR OPERATING UPON BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLIGATIOH FILED I BB.17, 1906.

Patented June25, 1912.

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E. E. WINKLEY. MACHINE FOR OPERATING. UPON BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 17, 1906. 1,030,627.

Patnted June 25, 1912.

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E. E. WINKLEY.

MACHINE FOR OPERATING UPON BOOTS AND SHOES.

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MAGHINE FOR OPERATING UPON BOOTS AND SH PS.

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MACHINE FOR ornaume UPON oows AND SHOES.

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in general to improve the construction and boots and shoes.

ERASTUS E. WINK'LEY,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOB OPERATING UPON BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2-5, 1912.

Application flledfebruary 17, 1906. Serial l fe/301,578.

To, all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERASTUS E. WINK- LEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certa n new and useful Improvements in Machines for ()perating upon Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe-art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

- The present invention relates to machines for operating upon boots and shoes in which the shoe and the operating means arerelatively movable and rotatable to transfer the point of operation of the operating means around the shoe, such, for instance, as welt and turn shoe sewing machines, outsole stitchers, lasting machines, pegging machines, sole edge trimming and finishing machines, etc.

The principal object of the present invention is to produce a machine of the class referred to by which the shoe is acted upon automatically without any attention on the part of the operator excepting the placing of the shoe upon ajack and the removal of the shoe from the jack after it has been operated upon.

Other objects of the presentinvention are operation of machines for operating upon In all practically operative machines heretofore devised for operating upon boots and shoes in which the shoe and the operating means have been relatively moved and rotated to transfer the point of operation of the operating means around the shoe, the shoe is either held in the hand of the op- I orator during the operation of the machine thereon, or is supported upon a freely movable jack, in both instances the shoe being. manipulated b the operator to properly 3 present the di erent portions thereof to the 1 operating tool or tools of the machine. The i movements imparted to the sho by the! operator in'order to present the different 1 portions thereof to theaction of the tool or tools of the machine consist of lateral and i longitudinal tipping movements to bring I the portion of the sole in proximity to the 1 Machines of the class to which the presentinvention relates have heretofore been devised in which the shoe was supported upon an automatically actuated jack, but these machines have not been' practically operative because they have contained no provision for the proper manipulation of the shoe.-

The present invention contemplates the provision in a machine foroperating upon boots and shoes of a jack for supporting the shoe and means for relatively actuating the jack and the portion of the machine frame in which the operating'tool or tools are mounted, to bring the shoe into the proper position with relation to the tool or tools as the point of operation of the tool or tools is transferred around the shoe. The relative movements of the shoe supporting jack and the portion of the machine frame which supports the tool or tools may be produced by moving either the frame of the machine or the jack, and consist either oftipping movements to maintain the portion of the sole in, proximity to the tool or tools in the proper plane with relation to the tool or tools, or of lateral turning movements to maintain the edge of the sole parallel to the line offeed or of both tipping and lateral turning movements. In a machine in which tion of the frame which supports the tool or tools take place about a center substantially coincident with the point of operation of: the tool so that the machine in its operation approximates very closely the operation of a. machine in which the shoe is manipulated by hand, no substantial displacement of the shoe with relation to the tools being produced by the relative movements, and thework being performed in as satisfactory amanner as when the shoe is manipulated by hand. and the results produced being more uniform.

In addition to the features of invention above referred to, the present invention also consists in certain devices, combinations and l prises sewing mechanisi'n. a jack adapted to arrangements of" parts hereinafter described,

the advantages of which will be obvious to j Y nism for feeding the slice after ea h stitch.

those skilled in th 1 art.

The present invention may be embodied in any machine for operating upon boots and 1 shoes in which the shoe supported upon a jack and the point. of operation of the tool or tools is transferred around the shoe. the best form of the invention which has as yet been devised, however, it is embodied. as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in a shoe sewing machine adapted for sewing together the upper and insole of a turn shoe, or the upper, insole and welt of a Welter] shoe.

Dra'u'ings.-Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 are respectively front, right-hand and left-hand elevations and a plan view of a complete au- I I sewing instruinentalities or cthcr orm-ailng tomatic shoe machine. embodying the present invention. Fig. 5 mg on a large scale the sewing mechanism hold ordinary wooden lasts upon which well and turn shoes are lasted, feeding llit' -iltl" and automatic mechanism for hanging the relative position of the sewing instrumentalities and the shoe as the shoe is :-'P\'\'.l|. Since the function of this Iilit'ruuath: mechanism is to correct such rclatiic iiumo.

which tends continualtv to tu zuc inc rrect as the shoe is fed, owing to th irregular form of the shoe. this lll.l'l'|illll iil 3-.- t'or con venience hereinafter termed. correcting mechanism, and this term as used in the claims except where specifically qualiti'wl. l

' to be understood as including an} int-char is a side elevation shoivand the manner in which it is supported. 1

Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively a front elevasignifies Sltll1ltl1l the relative mov ments t-t tion and a plan of the jack with a lasted shoe thereon, the jack supporting mechanism, and

parts of the mechanism connected therewith, I

and Fig. 8 is a. plan view of the same parts taken below the line ar:v in Fig. 6. Figs. 9 and 10 are plan views of a part of the connections between the controller and the correcting mechanism, shown in two positions; Fig. 11 is a front view of the same part, and Fig. 12 is a side elevation looking from left to right in Fig. 10. Fig. 13 is a right hand elevation of part of the machine showing the 1 main air valve and part of its operating mechanism, and Fig. 14 is a plan view and Fig. 15 a section, on line '1 1/, Fig. 13, of the same parts. Fig. 16 is a detail view of parts shown in Fig. 1.3, in different position. Fig. 17 is :1V plan view of a part of the machine showing particularly the mechanism by which adjustment for sizes is made. Fig. 18 is a left-hand elevation of a part of the machine showing particularly the cams by which adjustment for size and correction for the outline of the shoe sole or bottom of the last are made. Fig. 19 is a right-hand elevation of the clutch mechanism by which the cam shaft: is actuated, Fig. 20 is a horizontal section on line 2.z, Fig. 19, and Fig. 21 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 22 is a detail view in rear elevation of the fixed member of the stop mechanism by which the cam shaft is stopped, and Figs. 23 and 24 are a plan and rear end view of the cooperating moving member. Figs. 2-5 and 26 are detail front elevations of a tripping mechanism connected with the main valve closing mechanism. Fig. 27 is a diagram of the pneumatic devices.

Gene-ml (7 sc1i77tz'on.-The machine illustrated in the drawings as embodying the. various features of the present invention, comnism, apart from the feeding mechani m oi the machine in which the invention is curhodied by winch the relative pur-ltltili ol the means and the shoe are changed during the operation of the machine to cause the shoe to be presented pro 'ierlv to the operating means. The term correcting increment-J usual instrument-alilies a channel gu de 1- and a hack gage 1-2 for guiding the work.

The ]'(zr:Z?.----'lhe jack (["i t i atta ned to hold las s of various size the usual last. pin pivoted at 4 and draw r. forward by a. spring 5. and a tee support. a mounted on a pivoted arm 7 adjusti-d le for shoes of different lengths and held in position by a clam 'iing screw 8.

Feeding men/zanismr llhe shoe ted by a feed point 9 of the usual form, torn'iiug a part of the sewing machine and engaging the bottom of the channel in which the seam is laid. The feeding mechanism thus acts directly upon the shoe and the provision in an automatic shoe machine of a. feeding mechanism which acts in this manner as distinguished from a feeding mechanism which lamina" acts upon the jack is considered to constitute in any horizontal direction.

agalnst a collar 19 on the spindle 11 presses double sprocket 29 journaled on the shatt 15' the last and jack upward to keep the shoe in contact with the channel guide. back gage loperates precisely as in the usual sewing machine.

Correcting meclzam'sm-.-The relative correcting movements imparted to the shoe and the sewing instrumentalities are three: 1st.

the turning movements by which the edge of the shoe sole in proximity to the needle is kept substantially parallel to the line of feed. whatever the outline of the shoe; 2nd, the tipping movements by which correction is made for the longitudinal curvation or spring of the shoe sole, nd 3rd, the tip ping 'move'ments by which correction is made for the lateral curvature of the sole. In the machine illustrated in the drawings correcting movements are imparted to both the sewing machine and the jack, all of the tipping movements being imparted to the sewing machine and turning movements only being imparted to the jack. This arrangement in which some of the correcting movements are imparted to the instrumentalities which operate upon the shoe also constitutes a valuable feature of thepresent iuvention since it results in a simple and light jack-support i'ng mechanism which easily permits the feeding of the shoe in the manner described, and also resultsgenerally in simplification and improvement-in the mechanism of the machine. The several correcting movements are caused by cams on a transverse cam shaft 20 1, 2, and

Turning moocmcat--The turning movementv is caused bya cam 21 (Figs. 1, 2, 4i. i? and 1.8) engaged by a cam lever 22 fixed to a. rock shaft 23. An arm 24. fixed to the rock shaft is connected atits upper end with. a link 25 (Figs. 2 and .18) sliding t'rccl Y at its rear end in a hole in the frame of the machine. the outward movement being limit-- ed by a stop pin 27 on the link. A sprocket chain 28 (Figs. 3, 7. 8 and 18) is connected at one end to the link. 25; passes around a by which the arm 14- is pivoted to the bracket lfi, and is connected at its other and to a weight 30 by means of a cord 31 passing over apulley 32 (Figs. 1, 2. and 3). The sprocket 29 is conn'ected by a sprocket chain with a sprocket 33 (Figs. 6, 7, and 8) fixed to the shaft- 13 on which. the arm 12 is pivoted, and the upper end of the shaft is connected by sprockets and a chain 34% with a wheel 35 loosely journaled on the stem 11 and connected with the frame 10 of the jack The ating means.

by: a pin 36 mounted in the Wheel and having a sliding engagement with the frame of the jack.

The chain and sprocket connections above described are such that movement of the jack .in a horizontal direction does not turn the jack relatively to the sewing instrumentalities, but rotation of the cam 21 causes such turning movement, the cam lever 22 being held constantly in engagement there with by the weight- 30 so that the jack may he turned in either direction by the cam. The pin 36 permits the jackto rise and fall independently of the wheel 35, and the pin 36 may be disengaged from the hole 37 in which its lower end rests, to permit the jack to be freely turned by the operator, when desirable.

Tipping m0oemcnta-The tipping move ments are imparted to the sewing instrue mentalit-ies. The entire sewing mechanism is carried (Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, and 17) on a yoke 38 pivoted at its ends 39 in a forked carrier tOmounted on a horizontal rock shaft 41 journaled in bearing blocks 42 on the frame of the machine. By this construction the sewing mechanism may be tilted in two directions about axes substantially in the general plane of the sole of the shoe on the jack, so that corrections may be made for both the spring and the lateral curvature of the sole; and since these axes pass substantially through the extremity of the channel guide 1. as shown particularly in Fig. 5 the tip ping movements do not cause'any substantial movement,oftranslation in the operat ing extremities of the sewing instrumentalities.

The tipping movements which are imparted to the sewing mechanism not only maintain the stitch forming devices in the required position with relation to the shoe; but aiso'maintain the feeding mechanism with relation tqthesho'e so that-it-acts always in a direction substantially parallel to the surface of the shoe sole. The action of the feeding mechanism is thus uniform and does not vary at the different portions of the shoe except as adjustment of the feeding mechanism made by the operator. This action of the feeding mechanism is of value. and the provision in an automatic shoe niachine of a feeding mechanism which acts always in a direction substantially parallel to the surface of the sole of the shoe is considered to constitute a i eatureflof the present invention which, broadly considered, is not limited to a construction in which the,feeding mechanism acts directly on the shoe. and

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The tipping movements about the rock.

shaft ll arecaused by acam 4L3 (Figs; 1 and 3) on the camshaft engaging a cam lever pivoted on the rock shaft 23 and connected by a link 5 with an arm 46 fixed to a rock shaft i7 carrying an arm 48 connected at its forward end by a universal joint with a link 49. The link 49 is connected by a universal joint 50 (Fig. 17) with the carrier 40. The parts supported on the rock shaft El-l. are somewhat over-balanced on the lefthand side, so that the cam lever i l-is held i the TOOK shaft is connectedby' a chain 5'1" passing over guide pulleys 58 with the yoke 38 on which the sewing mechanism is mounted. A counterpoise 59 suspended from the arm partly balances the weights of the yoke and sewing mechanism.

rilciuating mcc/nmism.' The sewing mechanism and the correcting mechanism are actuated by connections with a power shaft 60 i, 2, and driven constantly by suitable power connections. The cam shaft 61 of the sewing machine is driven from a pulley journaled concentrically with the pivotal supports 39 of the yoke 38 through sprocket chain 62 passing over sprocket wheels secured totlie cam and pulley shafts. A, belt'd'l passingover' guide pulleys 65 jours naled on arms (36 'ix ed on the rock shaft 41 connects the pulley with a double pulley 67 ournaled on thcshaft ll. The pulley 67 is connected by abelt (igl vith a clutch member 69 mounted loosely on the power shaft 50 and connected by a forked arm 70 and a link 71 withatreadle 72 at the front of the machine. By means of the treadle 72 and connections referred to the clutchmember 69 can bemoved into engagement with a cooperatingclutch member 69 fast on the shaflfGO. Thus thesewing mechanism may be started and stopped at will bythe treadle and the power connect1ons above 'described so arranged as to be unaffected by the correcting movements imparted to the sewing mechanism.

The cam shaft 20 and the correct ngcams thereon arc actuated by a worm3'l'3 (,Figs. 1,'

19, 20, and El) journalcd loosely on-the power shaft 60 and engaging aworm 74 on the cam shaft 20. The worm wheel is con nected with the power shaft at suitable times by a clutch 75.

Qmzrollv'ng mechanism. Tlie correcting mechanism of the present-invention does not operate constantly, nor does its operation have any. fixed relation to the operations of the sewing mechanism. It operates under the control of a mechanism by which the correcting movements are directly correlated in point of time with the progress of the sewing operation; that is the several correcting movements do not occur at inter 'vals measured by theperformancc of definite numbers of cycles of-operation by the sewing or other operating means, but occur when certain points on the shoe are reached in the course of the'operation thereon. This mode of operation is a val uable feature of the present invention, for it not only makes practical the feeding of theshoe by a feeding mechanism acting directly thereupon,

as above described, but it is an essential feature of the arrangement by which,in the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the

machine is adjusted to operate on shoes of different sizes. It will be noted that if the correcting movements were timed to occur after definite numbers -of stitches had been formed by the sewing mechanism any. Variations in the'length'of the stitches or in the distances between corresponding parts of the shoeswoul'd disturb the relation between the correcting mechanism and the feeding 'n-echanism, and the correcting movements would not occur at the right moments. In the present arrangement, however, the length of the stitches is immaterial, and the operator may, in fact, change at will the adjustment of the feed mechanism by which the'length of feed is determinedwithout any other adjustment in the machine.

The spindle 11 on which the jack is mounted is prolonged below the arm 12 (Figs. 1, 6, 7 and 8) and provided with a fixed arm 7 6 having a forkediend engaging a vertical portion of a frame 77 loosely ournaled concentrically with the spindle 11, on a sleeve projecting from the arm 12. A controller78 is secured to the frame 77 and is in the form of a plate having the general form of a shoe sole and provided with a series of downwardly projecting pins 7 9 acting as trips to intermittently set the correcting mechanism into operation.

The connections between the controller 78 and the clutch are, for convenience of construction and operation, made partly pneumat-i0, the clutch 75 being operated by a pneumatic cylinder supplied with air through a valve intermittently opened by the trips 7 9. The free member 80 of the clutch 75 (Figs. 19, 20, 21 and 27) is held normally out of engagement with the rehab ing member by a spring 81, but is connected by a forked lever 82 with the piston 83 of an air cylinder 84 connected by a pipe Sowith the main air valv casing 86, which is connected by a pipe 87 with a suitable source of compressed air. The air valve 88. when in its normal position shown in 2'? all'ord's an exhaust passage from the cylinder 84 by uncovering exhaust vents 89 in the valve casing 86, and it simultaneously exhausts the compressed air into the atmosphere-through ports 90. When the air valve is moved to the left of the position of Fig. 27 it eloses the orts 90and connects the pipe 85 with the Interior of the valve casing, admitting compressed air to the cylinder 84 to throw the clutch 7 5 into operation and actuate the cam shaft and the correcting mechanism. The "valve 88 is connected 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13 and 1 1) with a valve lever 91 pivoted at 92 on a supporting "arm 93 pivoted at "94 on arm 95 which, for a purpose to be described later is also pivotally mounted. The supporting arm 93 has a lateral extension-97 which rests against the edge of the controller, the arm 93 being, to this end, provided with. a spring 98 .(Fig. 6) to swing it outward. By thisarrangement the valvelever 91 is normally held in such position thatthe trips 79' will engage a latch 99 (Fig. 9) pivot-ed at 100 on the valve lever and held normally in the position of Fig. 9 by a spring 101, and a stop pin 102. In this po sit-ion the latch 99 engages a detent 103 pivoted onthearm 93, and thus the valve lever is held in such position as to prevent the opening of the air valve by a spring 10 1 (Figs. 13, 14, and 27). connected with the air valve stem 105. Upon the engagement at the latch by one of the trips, however, the latch is swung so as to disengage the detent 103, and the valve lever is free to swing to the position of F ig. 10 under the action of spring 1041:, allowing the spring 104 to open the'air valve; whereupon the air'piston 83 throws the clutch 7 5 into engagement and the lever 91 is'moved into the paths of thecated in Fig. 9 and a single actuation of the the cam shaft 20 is set in motion. When the valve lever 91 swings to the position indicated in Fig 10 an upward extension 96 on trips 79 and thus the passage o a trip past the latch 99 is prevented until -t he valve lever 91 is returned to the position indiis normally -held stationary, with the inop erativ e part'of the cam'106 opposite the lug 107, by a stop 110 (Figs. 2 and pivoted .on the frame and normally engaging a'lug 111011 the shaft 108 under the influence of a spring 112. The stopllO is connected by a link 113 with a trip lever 114, (Figs 21 and 25) which is pivoted on the machine frame in position to be engaged by a trip 115, carried by the clutch member 80, shortly after the clutch member commences to ro tate, and by these means the shaft 108'is released and. permitted to rotate once and reset the valve mechanism, being then stopped again by the stop 110.

The clutch is constructed to make one rotation and then stop at each operation of member SO'drivesthe worm 73 by theen gagement therewith of horns 116 (Figs. 19', 20, 21, 22, 23, and..21) which permit the clutch member to move longitudinally without disconnection from the worm, and the the valve as above described. The clutchclutch member 80 is provided also with a stop arm 117 having a central part 118 with straight sides, '(Figs. 23 and 2 1). A co:- operatingplate 119 fixed to the frame of the machine is provided .with anannular bearing surface 120 and a depression having a straight-sided central recess 121 and lateral inclined surfaces '122. Normally the stop arm 117 rests in the' depression in the plate 119 the part 118 engaging the recess 121 and locking the clutch member 80 and the worm 73 against accidental rotation. When the pneumatic mechanism operates to move the clutch member 80 to the right such movement disengages the part 118 of the stop arm from the recess 121 and'simu1taneously engages the teeth on the two clutch members, and the consequent rotation of the member 80 causes the stop arm 117 to ride up the incline 122 on the disk 119 and insure the full engagement of the clutch teeth.

After the air valvehas closed the engagement of the clutch members is maintained, during a rotation, by the stop arm bearing against the surface 120- until the stop arm again reaches the depression, 'when it is forced into the depression by the sprigig 81 and the clutch is disengaged, the po'rti n 118 of the stop arm engagingthe recess 1 21 and insuring the stopping of the member 80 and the worm.

In sewing around the toe' of a narrowtoed shoe it is necessary to turn the shoe constantly to maintain the proper relative position of the shoe and the sewing mechanism. To accomplish this a supplementary valve-operating mechanism is preferably provided, which acts independently of the cont-roller 79. (Figs. 13, 14, 15, 16 and 27 The valve stem 105 is. connected with the valve lever 91 by slides123 and 124 having hearings on the frame arm 95. The slide 123 has a hooked extremity normally en gaged by a pivoted hook125' on the slide plunger 156 (Fig. 15). A supplementary 124:, which is pressed upward by a spring air valve 126 (Figs. 5 and 27) connected I by a pipe with the compressed air supplyis opened at each rotation of the shaft and resting at its upper end on a 111g 13% against which it is maintained by a spring plunger 135 engaging its lower end. A trip lever 136 pivoted on the arm 95 en gages the detent lever 132 and carries a I cam roll engaging a cam 137 (Figs. 1, 2 and 1 1-) on the cam shaft 20. The cam 137 has a rise so located that when the'toe of the shoe is reached in the course of the sewing operation the rise is brought by the rotation of the cam shaft, into engagement with the roll on the trip lever 136, which thereupon trips the detentlever132 from the lug 134 and permits the air piston 131 to depress the detent lever and the hook 125 to the position of Fig. 16. The main valve 88, when so released, is immediately opened by the spring 10 1, and the clutch 7 5 is thrown into operation, and since the auxiliary air valve 126 is reopened at each stitch the cam shalt clutch remains in substantially continuous operation until the toe has been traversed and the cam 137 has turned sufiieiently to allow the trip lever 136 to return to normal position and release the trip lever and restore the connection between the main air valve and the controller.

Adjustment for si2es.A. valuable feature of the present invention consists in the arrangement by which a simple adjustment enables the machineto operate on shoes of diiierent sizes. but of the same style or form of last the several curves in the outline and the surface of the sole are substantially the same in character, and the proportions are substan tially the same throughout. Therefore in operating on shoes of diii'erent sizes correcting movements of the same character and amplitude may be used, it being necessary however, to vary the times at which such .movements occur according to the length of the shoe. In order that this may be done in tne present machine the valveoperating devices actuated by thetrips on the controllotare made movable in the direction in which the shoe and the controller are fed,

and means are provided for giving them such movement, of amplitude ad ustable to vary froin'zero'to a maximum. The result.

of such movement is to delay proportionately the moment of engagement of each trip with the latch, so that the controller operates precisely as if its length were increased or a controller of'greater length were substituted and thus it the controller 'be made of a size corresponding-to that of the smallest shoe to be sewed, it may also In shoes of different sizes the use of this mechanism.

The frame arm 95 (Figs, 1, 2, 5,13and 17) is pivoted at 138 to the frame :Of-uthfi machine, and is connected by alink 139 with a segmental lever 140 pivoted at 141 to the frame of the machine. The lever 140 is connected by a link 142 with a cam lever 143 (Figs. 17 and 18) engaging a helical cam 144 on the cam shaft 20.. As the cam shaft 20 is gradually rotated in the progress of the sewing operation the lever 140 is coincidentally swung gradually to the left. The link 139 is connected to the lever 140 by a block 145 (Figs. 7 and 9) engaging the slotted upper side of the lever 140 and the block 145 may be moved along the lever,

.be used -for shoes of all greater lengths by I and may be fixed in position thereon by a latch pin 146 engaging holes in the lever 140. The position of the block 145 on the lever 140 determines the amplitude of the movement imparted to the frame arm 95 by the mechanism just described, and thus the machine may beadjusted for diiierent sizes of shoes by merely raising the latch pin 14:6 and swinging the link 139 to. a new position.

Adjustment for st;2 Ze.-Although when shoes of radically different styles are to be sewed on the machine the cams or the controller, or both must be arranged, certain adjustments are provided by which the machine may be arranged to operate on styles differing only in the amplitude of the correcting movements required. The cam levers 44 and 52 (Fig. 3) by which the tilting movements are imparted to the sewing mechanlsm are ad ustably connected with the links 15 and 53 by sliding blocks 147,

and by changing the positions of these blocks the amplitude of the tilting move-- ments caused by the cams may be varied. These adjustments alone are suflicient where two styles of shoes differ substantially only in the extent to which the soles are curved laterally and longitudinally. In other cases it may be sufficient merely to change the controller without changing-the cams.

Operation-With the parts of the machine in the position shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the operator draws the jack forward, places a last and shoe upon it, and then depresses the jack and inserts the channel guide in the channel. The operator then depresses the treadle and the sewingv mecha nism begins to sew and feed the shoe. As the operation progresses the trips on the controller successively set the correcting mecha nism intomomentary operation to make the necessary corrections until the toe is reached. At this point the-auxiliary valve mecha nism comes into operation, and as the toe is sewed the jack is swung with a substantially continuous motion. ,The trips then again come into operation and the sewing is continued until. the end of the scam is reached when the operator releases the been sewed the operator adjusts the link 139' and sews the shoes of the next size. If any imperfection occur in the work and it is necessary to do over or cobble the imperfect ortion the correcting mechanism may be t rown out of operation by shutting off the compressed air or by swinging the 'valveopening mechanism back out of contact with the cont-roller, and the sliding pin 36 may be raised to' release the jack and permit the' shoe to be turned back to the right point. The pin 36 will then rest idly on the wheel 35, and when the shoe has again been fed to the point where the seam was interrupted, being turned by hand by the operator in the meantime, the pin Will again engage the hole 37 and the normal' operation of the machine may be resumed.

Although the invention hasbeen described as embodied in a machine for sewing shoes it will be understood that it is applicable to machines for performingoperations of various kinds where the services of a skilled operator are usually necessary to guide the shoe; and the invention is not,'in general,

limited to the details of construction and operation of the illustrated embodiment but may be embodied in other forms within the terms or the'spirit of the claims.

Having now described the above invention, what is claimed is 1. An automatic shoe machine, having, in combination, means for operating on a shoe,

, a support for said operating means and a shoe supporting acl; relatively movable and rotatable to transfer the point of operation of saidmeans around the shoe, and mechanism acting automatically to move said support with relation to the jack about the point-of operation of the operating means as a center as such point is transferred around the shoe, to correct the relative position of the shoe and the operating means.

2. An automatic shoe machine, having, in' combination, means for operating on a shoe, a support for said operating means and a shoe supporting jack relatively movable and rotatable to transfer the point. of operation of said means around the shoe, and mocha-- nism acting automatically to tip said support with relation to the jaclciabout the point of operation of the operating means as a center as such point is transferred around the shoe to correct the relative posi tion of the shoe and the operating means.

3. An automatic shoe machine, having, incombination, means for operating on it's-hoe,

a support for said operating means and a" shoe supporting jack relatively movable and rotatable to transfer the point of operation of. said means around the shoe, and mecha nism acting automatically as the point of operation of the operating means is transferred around the shoe to tipthe support with relation to the jack about aid point as a center, and to turn the jack a at said point as a center to correct-the relative posi tion of thefshoe and the operating means. 4 4 An automatic shoe machine, having, in combination, means for operating on a shoe, a shoe supporting jack longitudinallymovable and rotatable to transfer the point of operation of said means around the shoe, feeding mechanism acting directly upon the shoe, and mechanism acting automaticallyto change the relative position of the jack and'operating' means as the point of operation of the operating means is transferred around the shoe, said mechanism cotiperat- .ing with the feeding mechanism to presentthe shoe properly to the operating means.

5. An automatic shoe machine, having, in combination, means for operating on a shoe, a shoe supporting jack longitudinally movable and rotatable'to transfer the point of operation of said means around the shoe, feeding mechanism acting directly upon the shoe, and means controlled by the movement of the jack for changing the relative posi tion of the operating means and shoeas the point of operation of the operating means is transferred around the shoe.

y An automatic shoe'machine, having, in combination,means for operating-on a shoe, a support for said means and a shoe-supporting "jack relatively movable and rotatable to transfer the pointof operation of said means around the shoe, mechanism-acting automatically as the point of operationof' the operating means 1s transferred around the shoe to impart relative tipping movements to the support and jack to correct the relative position of the operating means and shoe, and meahs connectedwith thejack for controlling the operation of said mechanism. 7. An automatic shoe machine, having, 111 combination, means for operating on a shoe,

a support for said means, a shoe s'upporting jack longitudinally movable and rotatable to transfer the point of operation of the operatingmeans around the shoe, feeding mechanism, mechanism for relatively moving said support and jack .to correct therelati-ve position of the shoe and operating mcans as the point of operation of the operating means is transferred around the shoe, and means for varying the operation of said mechanism for shoes of difierent sizes without alfectinglthe feeding mechanism.

8. An automatic sho'e mach ine,having, in combination, means for operatingon a shoe, a shoe supporting. jack longitudinally mov able. and rotatable to transfer-the point of operation of said means around the shoe, feeding mechanism acting directly upon the shoe, and mechanism acting automatically as the point of operation of the operating means is transferred around the shoe to impart relative tipping movements to the support and jack about said point as a center to correct the relative position of the shoe and the operating means.

9. An automatic shoe machine, having, in combination, means for operating on a shoe, a shoe supporting jack longitudinally movable and. rotatable to transfer the point of operation of said means around the shoe, feeding mechanism acting directly upon the shoe, and mechanism acting automatically as the point of operation of the operating means is transferred around'the shoe to impart relative turning movements to the support and jack about said point as a center to correct the relative position of the shoe and the operating means.

10. An automatic shoe machine, having, in combination, means for operating on a shoe, a shoe supporting jack longitudinally movable and rotatable to transfer the point of operation of said means around the shoe, feeding mechanism acting directly upon theshoe, and mechanism acting automatically as the point ofoperation of the operating means is transferred around the shoe to impart relative tipping and turning movemcntsto. the support and jack about said point as a center to correct the relative po ,1 sition of the shoe and the operating means' 11. An automatic shoe machine,'having, in combination, means for operating on a shoe, a-support for said means and a shoe supporting jack relatively movable and rotatable to transfer the point of operation of said means around the shoe, mechz'inism for relatively moving said support and jack to correct the relative position ofthe operating means and shoe as the point of operation of the operating means is transferred around the shoe, and means for'varying the operation of said mechanism for shoes of-different sizes.

12. An automaticshoemachine, having, in coi'nbination, means for operating on a shoe, a support for said means, a shoe supporting jack longitudinally movable and to tatable to transfer the point of operation of said means around the shoe, mechanism actporting jack longitudinally movable and rotatable to transfer the point of operation of said means around the shoe, mechanism for'relatively moving said support and jack to correct the relative position of the oper ating means and the shoe as the point of operation of the operating means is trans ferred around the shoe, and mechanism for controlling the operation of the correcting mechanism having provision for adjustment to vary the operationof the correcting mech-- anism for shoes of different sizes,

1st. An automatic shoe machine, having, n combination, means for operating on a shoe. a support for said means, a shoe supporting jack longitudinally movable and rotatable to transfer the point of operation of said means around the shoe, mechanism acting intermittently to relatively move said support and ack to correct the relative position of the operating means and shoe as the point of operation of the operating means is transferred around the shoe, and mechanism. for controlling the operation of the correct ing mechanism having provision for a just ment to vary the intervals between successive operations of the correcting mocha-n cm to adapt the machine for o gieration on shoes of different sizes.

15. An automatic shoe machine, having, in combination, means for operating on a shoe, a support for said operating means, a shoe supporting jack longitudinally movable and rotatable to transfer the point of operation of said means around the shoe, and means for tipping the support as he point of operation of the operating means is transferred around the shoe about two axes intersecting at said point to correct the relative position of the shoe and operating means.

16. An automatic shoe machine, having, in combination,,means for operating on a shoe, a support for said operating means, a shoe supporting jack longitudinally movable and rotatable to transfer the point of operation of said means around the shoe, feeding mechanism acting directly upon-the shoe and mechanism acting automatically to move said support With relation to the about the point of operation of the operating means as a'center as such point is transferred around the shoe, to correct the relative position of the shoe and the operating 17. An automatic shoe machine, having, in. coi'nbination, means for operating on a shoe, a support for said operating means and a shoe supporting jack relatively movable and rotatable to transfer the point of operation of said means around the shoe, feeding mechanisn'i acting directly upon the shoe, and mechanism acting automatically is the point of operation of the operat 

